Ms. Kucinski- English II
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Name:____________________________
DIRECTIONS: Cite evidence from the text to support your answers.
19. What explanation is given for why there are more ghost stories in a long-settled village?
20. What story does Brom Bones tell about his encounter with the headless horseman?
21. What mood is Ichabod in when he leave Katrina’s house that night? What evidence is there
for his mood?
22. What speculation does the author make as to what happened?
23. What happens when Ichabod tries to get across the bridge?
24. When Ichabod sees something huge and black by the brook, why doesn’t he turn and run
away?
25. What two things does he do instead?
26. What happens when Ichabod slows down or speeds up in an attempt to get away from the
dark horse and its rider?
27. What does Ichabod see that makes him so terrified that he sends his horse into full flight?
28. Instead of following the road to Sleepy Hollow, where does Gun Powder go?
29. What makes it even harder for Ichabod to hold onto his run-away horse?